The San Diego Padres DFA Cesar Carrillo
The Padres have designated 26-year old righty starting pitcher Cesar Carrillo for assignment. Carrillo pitched in 3 games (all starts) for the Padres this year and he was 1-2 with a 13.06 ERA and a 2.71 WHIP. He gave up 16 hits (4 homers) and he walked 12 batters in only 10 1/3 innings this year for the Padres. Carrillo also pitched in 27 games (all starts) in AAA-ball this year and he was 5-14 with a 5.60 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP. The Padres saw enough of Carrillo to know that he wasn’t ever going to help them much.
UPDATE: (9/10/2010) - The Phillies have claimed Carrillo off waivers.
UPDATE: (9/15/2010) - The Padres have re-claimed Cesar Carrillo off waivers from the Phillies.
UPDATE: (9/18/2010) - The Padres have DFA’d Carrillo once again to activate Chris Young off the D.L. Young has started 1 game for the Padres this year and he is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and a 0.67 WHIP. Young has now pitched in 94 games (all starts) for the Padres in five years with them and he is 32-25 with a 3.66 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP. The Padres hope Young can stay healthy the rest of the way because they need him.
UPDATE: (9/23/2010) - The Astros have claimed Carrillo off waivers from the Padres.